I had been looking for a car for around two months when I went to McGee at raynham auto strip. They had a couple of cars within my price range, so initially I just wanted to look at those. After checking them out with the help of Josh, the salesman, I decided I wasn't interested in any of the cars I found. Josh was nice about this decision and said to come back whenever.
Fast forward two months later towards the end of June, I find that they had a 2015 Ford Fusion with 40,000 miles on it listed for 10,900. Now if you know anything about fusions, 2014s with this mileage book around 12,900, and they tend to be listed for around 12 at dealerships. 2015s are usually around 13 at dealerships. So this was a great deal. My uncle and I immediately went up to look at the Fusion.
We requested to speak with Josh given our last interaction with him. Josh showed us the car, and let us drive with it. It drove nice, but needed right of the back pads and rotors. And it also needed new tires, as they had little tread left on them. (These are all safety issues which should had been addressed prior to the vehicles release on the lot). I decided I liked the car enough to be wanting to discuss pricing along with addressing the issues that came up during the test drive. I asked for the car fax and it took them 2 hours to get the car fax to me. This is where things came to be hostile.
The car was listed at 10,900, the price already was low, but who is going to be paying sticker price for a vehicle? We attempted to get the car to 10,000, but they were very persistent at keeping it at 10,900. We told them that right off the bat, the car is in need of 4 new tires, brakes and rotors. They continued to tell us that to fix those problems, they would charge us an extra 500$, making the car 11,400. By this time my uncle and I were growing fed up. We remained persistent with our offer, and said that legally you cannot sell a car that will fail a safety test. After two hours of negotiation, they agreed upon 10,700 and they said they would be addressing those issues. We agreed, asked for a service record, and they told us they would get one to us in a few minutes. These few minutes took a few hours, and we never received them. I should have turned away at this point, they were obviously hiding stuff, but I hadn't had a car in over 3 months, and I was growing impatient. So I overlooked this aspect. I put a 100$ deposit on the car to hold it for a day or two so I could go and sign my finance papers at BCU and square away my insurance.
Fast forward to the day I was signing papers. This is where their "business" proved to be a hostile place.
On this day, I went up to go and purchase the vehicle, I signed all the papers, all I had to do was bring my financial forms to BCU and my insurance company forms there and i would have bought the car. I went in with the finance advisor, his name has escaped me at this time.
My uncle told me to call him so he could be there to address any concerns, and ask any questions so I would better understand what I was doing. As the finance advisor and I were talking, my uncle brought up the service records again, and the person told him it wasn't his job to acquire those papers, that it was the salespersons job to. My uncle told him that I wouldn't be signing papers until we received those service records. This is where things became so really hostile. My uncle cusses sometimes when he talks, it's how he is. He said "I just want those f'ing papers or I'm going to have my nephew walk out right now".
The finance advisor said "woah man, if you want to be talking like that to me, why don't you come here and say it to my face so we can talk man to man".
My phone was on the desk when he reached over to my phone, picked it up, and hung up on my uncle... on my phone. At this point I told him I'm done with this "sale" and I got up, and walked out.
I called the next day demanding my deposit back with my uncle on the phone. We spoke to the manager, Will, who said that it would take a week until I can get my check. This was unacceptable and my uncle at this point told them he was going to call the Attorney General and bring this matter to a courts attention. They told us "fine, come and get your check Tuesday". (It was a Friday at this point).
I went there on Tuesday and received my check and, still, they were saying it wasn't ready. I told them this was unacceptable and told them I would be contacting the Attorney General and that they would be hearing from us soon. The manager who was working at this time eventually said "alright hold on". In 2 minutes he brought me my check. Suspicious that the check was ready and they were so quick to wave me off, huh?
I strongly advise anyone to not go to McGee Chevrolet on the raynham auto strip. They may have low prices, but they are rude, deceiving, and hostile to those who wish to do business. read more